Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour is heading under wraps. With the new year getting ...

At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ...

The space agency stopped painting its shuttles' fuel tank because the white paint added about 600 pounds of weight. This claim is true. During the first two space shuttle launches, STS-1 and STS-2, ...

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EXPOSITION PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The assembly of an upright display of the space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center was another step closer to completion Saturday, as crews ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a giant space shuttle external tank being shipped to California for display with the retired orbiter Endeavour (all times local): 6:20 a.m. A barge carrying a space ...

Space shuttle Endeavour’s giant orange fuel tank that propelled astronauts into space on more than two dozen missions was lifted by crane on its final journey and lowered back to Earth early Saturday ...

A space shuttle's orange external fuel tank is surrounded by scaffolding and fencing. Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, ...